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From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture
Rashid, Shahidur (contributor); Gulati, Ashok (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
policy use case studies from South Asia (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) and East Asia (Indonesia, the Philippines, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196693
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Crop price indemnified loans for farmers
Karlan, Dean; Kutsoati, Ed; McMillan, Margaret; Udry, Chris - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Farmers face a particular set of risks that complicate the decision to borrow. We use a randomized experiment to investigate (1) the role of crop-price risk in reducing demand for credit among famers and (2) how risk mitigation changes farmers’ investment decisions. In rural Ghana, we offer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519793
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The triangle of microfinance: Financial sustainability, outreach, and impact
Zeller, Manfred (contributor); Meyer, Richard L. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The initial success of microfinance programs in the 1970s led pioneers to think that many essential problems of the … be done. Most microfinance institutions (MFIs) are still small and vulnerable to constraints on their resources and to … some MFIs. The overall goal was to clarify the conditions under which state investment in microfinance programs might …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850584
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Farmer groups enterprises and the marketing of staple food commodities in Africa:
Coulter, Jonathan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"There are some apparently successful cases of collective marketing with staple food commodities (grains and root crops), but these are less common than cases involving higher value agricultural products. These can be attributed to the benefit/cost ratio to participants being generally higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113241
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Exploring the long-term impact of development interventions within life-history narratives in rural Bangladesh
Davis, Peter - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
in rural Bangladesh, using findings from 293 life-history interviews and an accompanying set of focus group discussions … interventions. It then goes on to discuss what was learned about the impact of microfinance, educational transfer, and agricultural … technology development programs from the life-history narratives. The life-history interviews show that microfinance services are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505335
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How important are peer effects in group lending?: Estimating a static game of incomplete information
Li, Shanjun; Liu, Yanyan; Deininger, Klaus - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476186
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Financial literacy
Cohen, Monique - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
, the microfinance industry is giving more attention to building their customers’ financial capabilities, designing products …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008523834
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Innovations in rural and agriculture finance: Overview
Kloeppinger-Todd, Renate; Sharma, Manohar - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Everywhere in the world, small agricultural producers are entrepreneurs, traders, investors, and consumers, all rolled into one. In all these roles, small agricultural households constantly seek to use available financial instruments to improve their productivity and secure the best possible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008523840
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Rural finance for food security for the poor
Zeller, Manfred; Schrieder, Gertrud; von Braun, Joachim; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1997
In this Food Policy Review, the authors take a fresh look at the role of rural financial policy in improving household food security and alleviating poverty. They develop a conceptual framework for relating access to financial services to food security and review empirical findings on household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970636
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The triangle of microfinance
Zeller, Manfred; Meyer, Richard L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002
The initial success of microfinance programs in the 1970s led pioneers to think that many essential problems of the … done. Most microfinance institutions (MFIs) are still small and vulnerable to constraints on their resources and to the … overall goal was to clarify the conditions under which state investment in microfinance programs might improve life for poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996863